The head of the Gauteng Department of Education has placed an educator on precautionary suspension pending an internal disciplinary enquiry. The educator is shown on video footage administering corporal punishment on a learner.
The department is horrified by the images on the video footage and would like to remind all teachers that corporal punishment is outlawed by the Constitution and the South African Schools Act. Educators have been trained in alternative methods of discipline which ought to be applied in schools.
We have also received a report of another instance of corporal punishment at the same school and this will be investigated as part of a wider probe into the school. The department of education appeals to all learners to come forward and report instances of abuse in their schools so that appropriate steps can be taken to address this.
For more information contact:
Charles Phahlane
Tel: 011 355 1530
Cell: 071 860 4496
Source: SAPA
